Overview

• On July 17, 2025, 32-year-old Ian Cleary entered a guilty plea to second-degree sexual assault for sneaking into a Gettysburg College dorm room in December 2013
• He was arrested on unrelated charges in Metz, France, in April 2024 and extradited to the U.S. in January 2025
• Both prosecutors and defense attorneys have recommended a four- to eight-year prison term under Pennsylvania law, which carries a maximum 10-year sentence for this charge
• Accuser Shannon Keeler spent a decade pushing for accountability and reignited the case in 2021 after uncovering Facebook messages in which Cleary admitted “So I raped you”
• Judge Kevin Hess scheduled Cleary’s sentencing for October 20, 2025, marking the next step in closing a case stalled for more than a decade